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edited November 7, 2018 8:51AM in U.S. Coin Forum

I did not know this until I read the Coin News article about the new appointees for the CCAC for 2019, http://www.coinnews.net/2018/11/06/robin-salmon-and-samuel-h-gill-appointed-to-ccac/

Which lead me to do a bit of digging and I found this article about Kareem Abdul Jabbar a former NBA All-Star and Champion who was appointed to th CCAC on Jan 2017 and will be stepping down:

“The first coin I purchased was a ten dollar 1799 Eagle MS 64. I liked it because it was the largest denomination of American currency [in its day] and I still have it.”

Abdul-Jabbar says he currently collects 1850 to 1866 Coronet, No Motto gold $20 double eagles and pioneer gold coins. Prized among his collection are his 1915-S Panama-Pacific International Exposition coins.

His favorite coin is the 1861-O Coronet double eagle struck at the New Orleans Mint,” from Coin World, https://www.coinworld.com/news/us-coins/2017/02/kareem-abdul-jabbar-looking-forward-to-ccac-stint.all.html

Edited to clarify dates.

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